Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1132 Black Moon Annihilated
In the sheltered valley below the mountain is a temporary camp for 5 horses.Among the 5 people, there are less than 2 of the Xuanwu Army, more than [-] of the White Wolf Army, and more than [-] of the Song Army who surrendered.In short, their strength has been halved compared to a month ago.This is the heaviest loss for Xiangfu Kingdom since its founding.

"General Huang, the Liao people have withdrawn." Tuoba Gelu beside him said in a deep voice, not only was there no joy in his expression, but his face was even uglier than before.Their task is not to break through, but to attract the main force of the Liao army. Now that the Liao army has withdrawn, it represents the failure of their strategic intentions.

"General Huang, we have to hurry back." Zhan Xiongwu frowned and said in the same deep voice.

"General Zhan and General Tuoba, each of you will lead [-] cavalry to catch up first, and attack and harass them in order to slow down their marching speed. Remember that you must not fall into the encirclement of the Liao army. Love to fight. I will lead the infantry to come later. Counting the time, Li Guangshun and the Black Wolf Army will soon come from Hedong Road." Huang Dongqiu did not hesitate.

Not long after, Zhan Xiongwu and Tuoba Gelu each led [-] exhausted cavalry to chase the Liao army.Behind Huang Dongqiu and Zhe Yuxuan led [-] infantry to withdraw from the camp, and braved the cold wind, they also chased after them.

Half a day later, Zhan Xiongwu and Huang Dongqiu fought a brief field battle with the Liao army. Both sides suffered casualties. Before the Liao army formed an encirclement trend, the two decisively withdrew.

In this way, Zhan Xiongwu and Huang Dongqiu fought fast and flashed. Although not many Liao troops were wiped out, the speed of the latter was greatly slowed down.

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In Zhending Mansion, the cold wind is still howling, and the tragedy has never stopped.

When Liu Xingwang, the transshipment officer on Hebei West Road, came out of the tower, he coughed violently and wrapped his clothes tightly.Working day and night, seeing hundreds of people starving to death appear on the street every day, this parent official on Hebei East Road finally fell ill. People, just hold on.

The city walls are full of soldiers sitting on the ground or lying down, all of them are sallow and emaciated, obviously they haven't had enough food for many days.Inside and outside the city are the traces of countless battles.The remaining blood, the traces of flames, and the traces of being hit by stone bullets.Outside the city, the attacks of the [-] Liao army have slowed down a lot these days, but they are attacking every now and then. The tents of the [-] army spread out, and through the thick wooden walls, soldiers can be seen walking around in it. figure.

The attack and defense of more than a month has been over for several days. It seems that the Liao people have planned to do a long-term defense and no longer attack by force.Walking on the city wall at this time, among the soldiers, Liu Xingwang suddenly felt as if the world had quieted down.

"Dang Jin and Guo Wuwei deserve to die, and Li Mingxuan deserves to die even more. Your Majesty...faint." Zhao Zan cursed from behind, and Liu Xingwang's face changed when he heard it, but then he remained indifferent.

"If I escape from birth today, I will definitely defect from Song Dynasty and join Ye Chen. I don't know what Master Liu thinks?" Zhao Zan said.

Liu Xingwang smiled wryly, and said: "Even if Li Mingxuan's plan succeeds, he really killed Ye Chen, and used the army of the Xiangfu Kingdom to severely injure the Liao army, but the old man thinks that the collapse of the Song Dynasty is only a matter of time...so, if Ye Chen If you don't die, it doesn't matter what the old man follows the commander and throws himself at Ye Chen."

The repeated attacks and defenses for more than a month, it is hard to imagine the huge pressure. The city wall was breached several times, and it was taken back several times. Zhao Zan thought that the Zhending Mansion was about to fall several times.The Liao army outside the city had already threatened to kill the whole city after Zhending Mansion was broken, but in the end, the city wall was still firmly guarded here.

Although Zhao Zan had never really fought with a sword after the first time he took the lead, he was still injured several times on the city wall. At this time, his body lost a lot of weight, and his body exuded the smell of medicine. illusion.But only the eyes have become quieter and firmer than before, which is a manifestation of seeing through something completely and finding the right direction again.

He looked at the direction of the Liao army's tent from a distance, and at this moment, he actually understood why the world was quiet.

Zhending Mansion has become an isolated city.

In the past month, on the Liao army's side, it was not Shi Fat who commanded the war, but his general Yeluchong. Shi Fat had personally led another [-] elite Pishi army to join Xiao Wanda's [-] troops to besiege and kill Ye. The dust is gone.Zhending Mansion has completely turned into an isolated city.

Someone came over from the side, it was Liu Xingwang who also smelled of medicine and was thin.Zhao Zan had laughed at him not long ago, saying that literati are weak, and Liu Xingwang fell ill from exhaustion, but even though he was sick, he was still accurately responsible for his work.

"Marshal, the food has been collected." Liu Xingwang said, "If you just hang your life, there is basically enough food in the warehouse for half a month for the people in the city."

"There will be another fifteen days at most. If there is no change in the situation outside the city, and if Ye Chen does not perform miracles as usual, he will open the city gate, let the Liao army in according to the previous plan, and fight with them in the streets. One last desperate fight."

Due to the news being blocked, Zhao Zan didn't know that the Liao envoy went south, and the Song court was discussing the terms of the peace talks, among which the cession of Zhending Mansion to the Liao was naturally indispensable.

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Outside the north gate of Damingfu City in Beijing during the Song Dynasty, ten thousand cavalrymen in iron armor with big bows and long spears lined up neatly on both sides of the official road outside the north gate. There was a big flag with the word "Li" written on it. Hunting and flying in the wind.The solemn and solemn military formation stretched for several miles.

Envoy Yu Jianye, a member of the Privy Council of the Daliao Dynasty, served as the envoy of the Liao Kingdom. He led five hundred soldiers and went all the way south, out of the control of the Liao Army, to the Daming Mansion where Li Jixun was in charge.

This day has been set by Xiangfu Kingdom for four years, January [-]th.It has been more than a month since Dang Jin and Guo Wuwei rebelled, and the army of Xiangfu Kingdom was once under siege.

Although the Zhending Mansion of the Song Dynasty was still surrounded by the Liao army, Zhao Zan's [-] troops were still trapped in the city.Food and grass were exhausted, and countless people starved to death.Even though more than a dozen prefectures and forty or fifty counties in the north of Hebei were occupied by the Liao army, Song Guoran should still welcome them with grand etiquette.

Li Mingxuan sent someone to deliver an urgent letter, asking Li Jixun to show the Liao envoy a look at the appearance of the Song army when he went south.Therefore, Li Jixun deliberately arranged such a large battle, and his intention was naturally to demonstrate to the Liao envoy.But in fact, there is no need to fight like this, and the Liao people can already feel the "military appearance" of the Song army.

Liao envoy Yu Jianye did not stop at Daming Mansion, but continued south to Kaifeng.

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The Tianwei Legion led by Hei Yue, the remnant soldiers of the Dark Guard, and the surrendered Song Army failed to break out of the siege. In the last time, Shi Fat personally mobilized 6 people to meet Huang Dongqiu, Zhan Xiongwu, and Tuoba Gelu. After being blocked by the Ministry of Defense, another 5 troops were gathered to besiege. Hei Yue and his party were completely defeated, the entire army was wiped out, and Hei Yue was captured alive. This time, the Song soldiers did not surrender until their death.Hei Yue didn't commit suicide because Ye Chen specifically confessed that if he still fails to break out in the end, he should not resist and be a prisoner of the Liao army first.Hei Yue has always carried out Ye Chen's orders to the letter, so he is the only one who is still alive.

The elite army of Jiuwanxiang Fu Kingdom has less than 4 horses left.Such a record has never been achieved since the founding of the Xiangfu Kingdom, whether it is the Song Kingdom or the Liao Kingdom.However, Shi Fatty, Xiao Wanda, and Dang Jin and Guo Wuwei who got the news couldn't feel better at all because Ye Chen disappeared.

In order to kill Ye Chen, the Liao Kingdom lost nearly 11 elites in the past month. The 1 troops led by Song Dangjin and Guo Wuwei have now lost 1 to [-] people, surrendered [-] to [-], and fled as deserters. Now only more than [-] elite cavalry led by Dangjin are left.

The two major powers in the world paid such a heavy price, and what they got in exchange was the annihilation of Xiangfu Kingdom's [-] elite army and Ye Chen's disappearance.For ordinary people, in such a chaotic and bitterly cold weather, disappearance often means death, but for people like Ye Chen, disappearance will only mean that the other party has escaped from life.And what would Ye Chen's escape and return to the Xiangfu Kingdom represent? Dang Jin and Guo Wuwei felt chills all over when they thought that they would become Ye Chen's unstoppable mortal enemy.

Also learned from the capture of Liao army prisoners that the entire army of Hei Yue and his party were wiped out, but after the news of Ye Chen's mysterious disappearance, Huang Dongqiu, Zhan Xiongwu, and Tuoba Gelu led more than 1 Xuanwu Army and more than 2 remnants of the White Wolf Army. And the more than 1 surrendered Song Army returned to Hedong Road together with Li Guangshun's Black Wolf Army who finally arrived.

Next, it was time for Xiangfu Kingdom to consolidate and occupy dozens of prefectures and counties on Hedong Road, Yongxingjun Road, and Qinfeng Road.During this process, Yang Jiye led an army of 12 south roads to encircle the Jingzhao Mansion of Song State but failed.

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On January [-]th, the Liao envoy and his party crossed the Yellow River and arrived at Kaifeng, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

After the news of Ye Chen's disappearance reached Kaifeng, Song Emperor Zhao Dezhao vomited blood and fell down on the spot. Li Mingxuan's face was extremely ugly. The only thing that made them feel a little relieved was that this plan allowed the two invaders, Xiangfu Kingdom and Liao Kingdom, to fight against each other. They all suffered heavy losses. At least the Liao army is now only besieging Zhending Prefecture, and all the envoys sent to sue for peace have arrived in Kaifeng.And Xiangfu Kingdom only surrounded Jingzhaofu City, and did not continue to march into other places.

The emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty breathed a sigh of relief despite regret.

Now the court of the Song Dynasty is busy negotiating with the Liao envoy.

Yu Jianye brought four conditions for peace talks:

[-]. The State of Song compensated the Liao Army with one million taels of gold, ten million taels of silver, ten thousand horses and cattle, and one million taels of silk and satin.

[-]. The State of Song respectfully called Daliao the Supreme State, the State of Song and the State of Liao became a father-son state, and the State of Liao protected the State of Song.

(End of this chapter)